All posts tagged "Des Moines"

Ron DeSantis’s affinity for private air travel, regardless of expense or the financial condition of his campaign, was well documented leading up to Monday night’s Iowa caucuses.

If DeSantis campaign staffers are indeed moving on to New Hampshire, where the next votes in the Republican primary will be cast Jan. 23, they will find that even commercial airfare will drain precious donor dollars in a major way.

Same for staffers of Donald Trump’s other remaining challengers: former South Caroline Gov. Nikki Haley, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson. ...

Ahead of Donald Trump’s campaign visit to Iowa last week, the Des Moines Water Works Park Foundation made sure it was financially protected from the nation’s bill-skipper-in-chief.

According to documents obtained by Raw Story through an Iowa public records request, the public operator of Lauridsen Amphitheater in Des Moines, Iowa, compelled the Trump 2024 campaign committee to sign a six-page contract to use the facility for a May 13 rally that was ultimately canceled because of potential tornadoes in the area.

The Water Works Park Foundation charged the Trump campaign $12,900 for rent, not including fencing, parking personnel and portable toilets, according to the contract, which Trump campaign treasurer Bradley Crate signed....

DES MOINES, Iowa — Media magnate Rupert Murdoch on Monday urged Iowans to back firebrand social conservative Rick Santorum, one day before they cast the first votes of the 2012 White House race.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) broke down and cried during a campaign stop in Des Moines, Iowa on Friday after he was asked a question about his mother.